social bookmarking

 

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Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Web Services, Web 2.0. Each has its own definition, overlapping with the others to a greater or lesser extent. What it means to the man on the street (or on his or her laptop or mobile), though, is that we’re increasing trusting our valuable (to us, at least) information to a service somewhere out there on the Internet.

For some, this could mean just a webmail account with Gmail or Hotmail and profiles with Facebook and Flickr. For Web Workers (e.g. bloggers and freelancers) it could mean a whole lot more (accounting records, archives, contacts, work in progress, etc.).

Sometimes we get a none too gentle reminder about the risks of Cloud Computing.

To put things in very simplistic terms, the risks are two:

• Risk of inaccessibility. (You don’t have access to your data.)
• Risk of inappropriate accessibility. (The wrong people have access to your data.)

Either of these risks could be the result of human error or a hardware or software failure at the service provider. Data shops are usually pretty good at handling such outages, however. It’s far more likely that problems will result from your Web 2.0 service having a nasty brush with Economy 1.0.

Here is my list of the Top Social Networking and Social Bookmarking sites you should use to make money online.

You should be using social bookmarking and social networks to promote your sites, posts, videos and articles. Also you should building a community of friends and followers to connect and share with.

I won’t get into this to deep since you will these skills from Perry Belcher who has been killin it in monetizing social media marketing

Using social networking, people can connect with online and group memberships to keep in touch with current friends, reconnect with old friends or create real–life friendships through similar interests or groups.

Besides establishing important social relationships, social networking members can share their interests with other like–minded members by joining groups and forums.

Most social networking websites also offer additional features. In addition to blogs and forums, members can express themselves by designing their profile page to reflect their personality.

Facebook.com

MySpace.com

Twitter.com

Linkedin.com

Friendster.com

Orkut.com

Classmates.com

Have you ever e-mailed a friend or family member and sent them a link to a website you thought they might find interesting?  Basically that is social bookmarking.

Ever since Furl was taken over by Diigo, I've been using StumbleUpon to bookmark my favorite pages. There are lots of great social bookmarking services out there, and the most popular ones are: Mixx, Reddit, Digg, and Delicious. But have your ever tried bookmarking with Twitter?

Twitter is a micro-blogging service but I recently discovered that it is also good for bookmarking.

Here's how:

1. Drag and drop this button: TwitThis to your browser's shortcuts toolbar.
2. Just click the ‘TwitThis' button if you wish to tweet/bookmark a page.
3. Your Twitter account will pop up and just choose how would you like to tweet the page (Reading:, Check out, Watching:, etc.)
4. Mark your tweet as favorite and your done.
5. If you wish to retrieve tweeted/bookmarked pages, just go to your ‘favorites' tab.
   

Twitter might not be as good as most bookmarking services, but it can do a good job for quick bookmarking. especially if you installed apps like TweetDeck. I'm in fact using Twitter more often these days to bookmark my pages, and I really love it because it's so easy and simple.

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Have you tried bookmarking with Twitter? How was it?

A good website structure is able to cater as many different groups of people as possible.  There are different parts of the website which are only visible to the visitors only if they are looking out for them.

1) Social Bookmarking tools

Every little part of the website means something to someone out there.  When we browse a website, those of you who are frequent users of social bookmarking tools such as Digg, Delicious or StumbleUpon, will tend to identify those logos easily on the web.  And somehow, these logos will be a blindspot for the rest of us.

2) Advertisements

It goes the same to the ad banners on the website.  Those who simply don't click on the ads, will not be able to see the ads even if it is placed in front of him or her!  And those who appreciate ads, will tend to see what that advertiser has to offer.  I can still r

3) RSS Feeds

Those who like to subscribe to feeds,  will tend to look for the feed logos and click on them.  This is because they want to read more about it in a single place such as Google Reader.

4) Breadcrumbs

If you are familiar with the little arrows in navigation path that you have been surfing (such as below),

Websites > Web Designs > HTML/CSS

you will usually appreciate to see them so that you know where you are currently surfing just in case you wish to surf other areas of the website.

5) Teasers

Teaser campaigns may come in as and when.  It usually happens to websites which are very much more active online.  They may sometimes come with prizes.  They may come with surprises.  It could be tied up with a new product launch.  Or probably just want to keep you entertained so as to come back for more.

6) Home Page Logo linked back to main landing page

Though simple to create,  this logo is usually linked to the homepage.  It is good for SEO purpose when every single page are  "casting their votes" by  linking to their main landing page.  Hence, this main landing page is the single most important page.  It should have the most number of clicks on the website.

7) Login Textbox/Sign Off button

Web 2.0 has settled down on the Internet.  Some may even say there is such thing as Web 3.0.  Basically, it means the website is getting more interactive to the user and encourages user responses.  And logging into the system is one of the common ways that the website wants the visitor to do before they can interact with the website.

Here's a simple yet very valuable information regarding social media, that's why I decided to reblog this from http://100musicalfootsteps.wordpress.com -> check this site out, a lot of interesting stuffs here.

1. Fully Personalized Experience — Now you can expect the same high-quality and personalized recommendations that you receive from your downloaded toolbar.  And you can access it from any computer, and from any browser... just visit StumbleUpon.com and login to get a personalized stumbling experience.